10/10 Amethyst PMPS 159

So... picking up on today's condo instead of yesterdays. Pamela, the doc has prescribed me an Albuterol inhaler for bronchitis. I just can't get the darn thing to spray. I already took it back to CVS this morning and they gave me a new one and I'm having the same problem. I followed all of the directions. Before the first use, I shook it and then sprayed it (into the sink). I could see a good puff of the medication come out on that first priming pump. The directions say to repeat this process for a total of four times. On the second time that I shook and sprayed it to keep priming it .... absolutely no medication came out. I could see that because I was in a well-lit bathroom and could see that nothing came out. I kept trying to repeat this shaking/spraying procedure to do the four priming pumps and NOTHING. I am so frustrated. I don't know what I could be doing wrong! Do you have any ideas, dear Pamela?
 
Suzanne & Darcy said:
So... picking up on today's condo instead of yesterdays. Pamela, the doc has prescribed me an Albuterol inhaler for bronchitis. I just can't get the darn thing to spray. I already took it back to CVS this morning and they gave me a new one and I'm having the same problem. I followed all of the directions. Before the first use, I shook it and then sprayed it (into the sink). I could see a good puff of the medication come out on that first priming pump. The directions say to repeat this process for a total of four times. On the second time that I shook and sprayed it to keep priming it .... absolutely no medication came out. I could see that because I was in a well-lit bathroom and could see that nothing came out. I kept trying to repeat this shaking/spraying procedure to do the four priming pumps and NOTHING. I am so frustrated. I don't know what I could be doing wrong! Do you have any ideas, dear Pamela?
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Oh First all healing hugs and prayers:bighug::bighug::bighug::bighug: and YES my Albuterol Inhaler does that to me all the time:mad: I do not know why:confused: I just have to keep shaking it until something comes out Did you check the numbers at the bottom of the inhaler to make sure there is something in it?? I would contact 1-888-482-9522 and complain!!!!I have a quick question tho I have been Asthmatic for 40 Years Amethyst and I need the same inhaler 2x day Thank you GOD my insurance pays for FLOVENT $595!!!:arghh::arghh::arghh:Albuterol is usually considered a rescue inhaler when you are having a bad attack and can not breath Why did your Doctor not put you on FLOVENT instead for inflammation?? Just wondering:bighug::bighug::bighug::bighug::bighug::bighug::bighug:
 
Pamela & Amethyst said:
Oh First all healing hugs and prayers:bighug::bighug::bighug::bighug: and YES my Albuterol Inhaler does that to me all the time:mad: I do not know why:confused: I just have to keep shaking it until something comes out Did you check the numbers at the bottom of the inhaler to make sure there is something in it?? I would contact 1-888-482-9522 and complain!!!!I have a quick question tho I have been Asthmatic for 40 Years Amethyst and I need the same inhaler 2x day Thank you GOD my insurance pays for FLOVENT $595!!!:arghh::arghh::arghh:Albuterol is usually considered a rescue inhaler when you are having a bad attack and can not breath Why did your Doctor not put you on FLOVENT instead for inflammation?? Just wondering:bighug::bighug::bighug::bighug::bighug::bighug::bighug:
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Yes. I don’t really get that. This is a bronchodilator and it seems to me that Flovent would be more appropriate. I just need it to calm my coughing.
 
Pamela & Amethyst said:
The Albuterol, I am not a doctor, but I do not think that calms:confused: The Flovent is a steroid so would not that make more sense??:bighug::bighug::bighug::bighug::bighug::bighug:
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It certainly makes more sense to me. But if it costs that much I am glad she didn’t prescribe it. I would have told the pharmacy to keep it. I still can’t get anything out of it. I’m glad I am not asthmatic and struggling to breathe because I could pass away before any medication comes out of this thing!!
 
Suzanne & Darcy said:
It certainly makes more sense to me. But if it costs that much I am glad she didn’t prescribe it. I would have told the pharmacy to keep it. I still can’t get anything out of it. I’m glad I am not asthmatic and struggling to breathe because I could pass away before any medication comes out of this thing!!
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Oh Dear:arghh: Trying calling that number that I got on the inside of the top flap:bighug::bighug::bighug::bighug::bighug:
 
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